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Unused / unissued material. - Location and dates unknown / unclear.

France, 1944.

Various shots of American Army funeral Ceremony. Troops march to cemetery. Coffin draped with Stars and Stripes flag is lowered into the grave. Shots of coffin being carried to grave. Military chaplains look on. Various shots of local people looking on. MS US flag at half mast. CU of soldier with moustache talking to camera (mute). US military band marches through cemetery. Soldiers march out of war cemetery. LS of coffin lowered from half track vehicle.

10 telling images selected from British Pathé's extensive WWI footage. 'The war to end all wars' was a war without parallel: over 70 million military personnel were involved and over 17 million people died.